Seed-corn drier.



FUN TED STATES rarnfr oEErcE; f f

v.TosEPE HEssE, or HAETINGTN, NEEEAsKA.

SEED-conn Daran.

To all 'whom t may concern.'- Y- f I Be it known that I, JOSEPH HnssE, la citizen of the UnitedV States, residing at Hartington, in thecounty of Cedar and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Corn Driers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the ,accompanying drawings. y Y This invention relates to devices for drying seed cornfand `particularlyto devices in which the seed corn is supported so as to secure a free circulation of air around the ears' of corn.

One object .of my Yinvention is to provide a device of' this kind which may-be very cheaply made and cheaply sold,and which will support a maximum number of ears-of corn;v 'i I A furtherobject is to provide a device of this charactercomprisinga sheet metal'plate operatively supported and having cob engaging spurs struckout from the plate and projecting in opposite directions, sorthat ears of'corn 'may bev disposed on `oppositel sides of the plate.v y l A further ob'ect isto so arrange these spurs that a maximum number 0f spurs may be disposed upon the plate, without weakening the plate. -v

A further object isto providea constructionV of this character in which free circulation 'of air is secured through the plate as well as around the ears of corn. v

A further object is to so form the plate to providey the spurs, that the spurs will be so spaced as .to take up all available space on both sides of the plate while not materially weakening the sheet or plate.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention yis illustrated in the accompanving drawings, whereinz Figure 1 isV a front elevation of my mprovedseed corn support; and

Fig. 2 is a top plan'view of the construction shown in Fig. 1. Y

Referring to' these a plate of sheet metal` of any suitable size or gage. This plate is reinforced atits side l. VSpecification of Letters Patent.

drawings, 10 designates tends downward and is outwardly curved but in an opposite direction tothe legs 12."

The plate 10 is provided withaplurality y Patented Mar. 5, Y applicati@ fied :my 3o, 1917. seriaiNo. 183,571. l f.

of spurs 14 whichV projectouton opposite, nl sides ofthe plateand. in opposite directional Y These spurs are formed bycutt-ingtheplatefl wlth a-plurality of V-shaped cuts, the cuts;v

being designated a, and then bending theV- shaped tongueor spur thus formed outward and away Yfrom the plate. `Thesec'uts ai are arranged in transverse row'slextending; across the plate any Ydesired'dlstance from* each-othery and the alternatetcuts are re"-l versed with relationlto the adjacent cuts.

Thus in one set of cuts the apex vof the'Vf:

extends downward andin the other set ofcuts, the apex`v of the'V extends upward Furthermore,the baseof any one triangular or V-shaped Vcut is disposed in staggered relation to the base of the next ,adjacentV-` shaped or triangular cut in the same "trans-Y Verse row as illustrated clearly in YFig. 1f;

8o i' After theplate vhas been .formed withv Y theseA V-shapedA cuts, the `prongs or spurs/let'y l are'bent outward, and the spurs, which prior to Ybeing bent outward havetheir points exi tended upward, are bent downjand out t'o a plane atright angles to the plane of' the"VV plate, While the spurs which prior to being bent j outward have theiry points extendV downward, are bent upward into alplaneapproximately at right angles to the plane of.

therplate. Preferably all of thespurs will spurs in the mannerdescribd that the plate maybe formedwitha great number oi.`

spurs, without substantially weakening the plate, as the `imperforate webs between thel i openings leftby bending out Ythe spurs will be strong enough to keep the-*plate from bending. Furthermore, the end and middle bars which form the legs'brace this plate Vand hold it firmly. Preferably the legsand the bars 11 will be formed at their upper Y f l Y ends with hooks 15 whereby this sheet metal rack may be suspended `frornthe rafters of the ,direction of the cuts, as illustrated, the

a barn, so that the device may, either stand l up onits own legs or be suspended as de-Y sired. It will be seen that by alternatingV metallicrsheetpwill vnot be 'weakened,fas it would be if the bases of all the cuts'were disposed in approximately the same plane and the V-shaped cuts extended in thesame direction. would have to be put farther apart .than

they do with my improved construction, so

and further that the openings forrneclby striking out -t-heseveral spurs or prongs permits theair to circulate freely through .the @late Yitself and around the ears 4ogteorn.v

' s- Haviegdsserbes my inventisnty what-,1

Glaimfisfi-L- 1,.V A seed lcorn drier including av metalli Sheethaviaig a Vplnrali-ty of rows of V-.sh-aped the sheet, the material defined ,by said Cuts being bent outward in opposite diresy tions seas to provide Aa .plurality of cob engagiss @rangs @miennes Yibs-onf.; opposite ecesnithesheet, .the .Cuts in sach row .being alternate-Iy direetsdfpwarel and downward.

2. Aseed v Cornel-riez' .includ-ing Va metallic sheet having a plurality of nows of yVfshapecl ents-in .the Sheet, the material defined by `Said guts ,being bent Outward in opposite direc.-

tions-so as to provide a plurality ,ofcop engaging prongs projecting trom opposite faces of the sheet, 'the' Cuts in each lrow b@- ing alternately ,directed lupward and `downward, the basesnof alternatecuts in each' row .being disposed in staggered relation to the adjacent In this case the V-shaped cuts posite direction. i

'3.A seed cornrdrierincluding a sheet of 0v Y metal formedwith a kplurality of vertically extendingrows offVshaped cuts, vthe .cuts` ein. certain rows being disposed with their'- apices downward, the cuts in the next-adja cent rows being disposed Vwith their apiees upward, the prongs defined byl 'saidy first` named eutsbeingbent outward in one ydirection and theprongs defined by the second named cuts beingbent.'.outward in the op- 4. ,A seedcorn drier'ineluding a sheet )i`;=` metal 4formed withga plurality ofv verticallyextend-ings lrowsof V-shaped euts, the toutsin .,eertain rows beingV disposed .w-iththei; f apiees downward, the cats intlie -negxt'alfilj-a Cent rows being disposed with their ani upward, the prongs defined by saidrfi named cuts .bent utward one direc-x tion and the prongs .flened by thematiek* A 11a-med .fc-utsfbeng bent Ontwad in the @mene-160Y site cilfreetiom' the. bases' olf, themaisY in tenes row being in` staggered relation to th o f the outs in th l-nefifffadjacent rows. t A lseedleorn `-drier iii-@lading a metalh and` projecting, appesi@ zdiireetinns, Y the prongs being arranged 1n vertical and transverse rows, and reinforeingqbarsriyetedto f;

the sheet and extending vertically egress and ferme@ at thsir lower ends t0, @Prends/1 70' legs extending .in fepnesitetllrestions 'e @j VYIn testimony -wlleremf l -Ilereimfees v signature inthe' presence of :twowitnessss-J msnm-eggs@ 

